Christopher White

A U.S. bishops' conference working group to deal with the Biden administration does not include President Joe Biden's longtime bishop in Delaware nor his new local bishop in Washington, D.C. The group has met virtually twice.

The two-page letter calls for restoring asylum at the border, pursuing policies that promote the protection of those on the move rather than deterrence measures, and a new comprehensive immigration policy.

When President Joe Biden attended Mass Jan. 24, he heard a homily that was a plea for his fellow Catholics to see opposition to the death penalty as essential to the church's pro-life stance.

The Vatican is more than 4,000 miles away from the White House, but on Wednesday it was much closer to the nation's second Catholic president than the leadership of the U.S. hierarchy. 

In the roughly 48-hour period of Joe Biden's inaugural events, there will be no shortage of Catholic signs and symbolism. Some were already on display upon Biden’s arrival in the nation's capital Jan. 19.   

If personnel is policy, as the old D.C. adage says, then Catholics fretting about how Biden's administration might treat the church may be misguided. More than one-third of his incoming Cabinet are his fellow Catholics.

A statement sent to the priests of the diocese Jan. 14 said Fr. John Zuhlsdorf will relocate to "pursue other opportunities" and noted it was a mutual decision reached between Zuhlsdorf and Bishop Donald Hying.

People who work at Catholic agencies that resettle refugees in the U.S. are optimistic they can rebuild programs that were diminished during Trump administration caps on arrivals.

As the U.S. Capitol was taken over by insurrectionists on Jan. 6 seeking to disrupt the certification of the Electoral College votes to formally declare Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election, a number of Catholic bishops took to Twitter to call for prayer and peace.

Fr. Leo O'Donovan, former president of Georgetown University, confirmed to NCR that he had accepted the invitation to offer the prayer Jan. 20, which will mark the election of the nation's second Catholic president.

When the Rev. Raphael Warnock arrives in Washington to take his Senate seat, he is likely to be welcomed by a collaborator from his home state of Georgia: the city's archbishop, Cardinal Wilton Gregory.

Popular Chicago priest Fr. Michael Pfleger has stepped aside from ministry following allegations that he sexually abused a minor more than 40 years ago.

Recent cancellations and departures at EWTN and the EWTN-owned Catholic News Agency have prompted a boycott and a cloud of uncertainty about the network's future.

Two top editors at the EWTN-owned Catholic News Agency are leaving in a move that could signal further chaos inside one of the largest media empires covering the Catholic Church.

Conservative Catholic media conglomerate EWTN has canceled "Morning Glory," hosted by Gloria Purvis, who has emerged as a leading voice in the U.S. Catholic Church calling for greater action to combat racism.

Some conservative Catholics are joining evangelicals in casting doubt on the 2020 election results, but their suspicions are not widely shared with a number of leading Catholic scholars, public intellectuals and leaders.

Next month, when the president-elect changes addresses, he'll face a decision that many first families have faced: where to attend church? The nation's second Catholic president will have a range of options.

Joe Biden's selection of Xavier Becerra to head the Department of Health and Human Services is being praised by the Catholic Health Association, while some conservative Catholics criticize the pick.

Fr. George Rutler of Manhattan's Church of St. Michael has been accused of sexually assaulting a female security guard after she allegedly filmed him watching gay pornography. Rutler maintains his innocence.

Catholic President-elect Joe Biden's stance on abortion causes confusion, said Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, as he announced the formation of a working group to examine what this would mean for the bishops' conference.